Drake’s ‘Scorpion’ Album Tops Billboard 200

Was there ever any doubt? Drake's new Scorpion album is officially the No. 1 LP in the country.

Drake's fifth solo LP reached No. 1 on their Billboard 200 chart after its first week available after moving 732,000 equivalent album units in the week ending July 5, Billboard reports. Traditional album sales accounted for 160,000 of that final tally.

This marks Drizzy's eighth No. 1. That number takes into account the OVO rapper's five solo studio albums, the projects If You're Reading This It's Too Late and What a Time to Be Alive, with Future, and the playlist, More Life. Drizzy moves into a tie with Kanye West and Eminem for the most No. 1 albums among rap acts. They face a steep climb to catch Jay-Z who leads the way for hip-hop with 14. Drizzy also ties West, Shady and The Beatles for most consecutive chart toppers.

Numbers wise, this is the biggest album release of 2018 and the biggest first week for a hip-hop or R&B act in over two years, since Drake's own Views moved 1.04 million units in 2016.